Form and meaning at the Barbadori-Capponi Chapel in S. Felicita

Author

Saalman, Howard

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1037, Vol. 131, p. 532-539, 12 ill.; 2 plans

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Presents new documents establishing the building dates of the Barbadori chapel (Florence, S. Felicita) as 1419-1423; and surveys arguments concerning the chapel's architecture and the iconography of frescoes executed by Pontormo when the Capponi assumed patronage (1525). Proposes that the chapel was created by Brunelleschi as a tabernacle recalling a portico, to enshrine an existing Trecento fresco of the Annunciation on the facade wall. Argues that the Annunciation is an integral part of Pontormo's iconographic program, and reexamines the Pietà and lost frescoes in this light. Includes a reconstruction of the appearance of the chapel in the 15th c., and an appendix with Barbadori family documents.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italy
• Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446
• Architecture
• Chapels
• Italy
• 1400-1500
• Mural painting
• Barbadori family, 15th c.
• Commissions
• Documents
• Patronage
• Cappella Capponi
• Mary, Virgin: Annunciation
• Pietà
• Iconography
• Christian iconography
• Reconstruction [hypothetical]

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Italie
• Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446
• Architecture
• Chapelle [édifice]
• Italie
• 1400-1500
• Peinture murale
• Barbadori, famille, 15~e s.
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Documents
• Mécénat
• Cappella Capponi
• Vierge: Annonciation
• Pietà
• Iconographie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Restitution intellectuelle

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454318

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